#parsimonious

[zeehasablog]

Functional Victorian Wash Basin

Your new favourite basin and jug!

While working on some Sims 2 > Sims 4 conversions, I found this deco wash basin by Parsimonious, part of their "Monte Carlo" bedroom set, and fell in love with it!

So, once again, with the help of Serinion's "Ablution Chamber Basin", I have made this a functioning wash basin for The Sims 4!

This basin functions as a sink - you can brush your teeth, wash your hands, shave your face; as well as take a "sponge bath" OFF THE GRID.

I have added the "Sponge Bath" interaction by connecting the basin with Cepzid's "Sponge Bath at Sink" Mod - so it is required in order for you to wash the body.

There's five different porcelain colours, each with five different towel colours:

I just love the texture of the light coloured ones; in case you aren't aware, there can only be one "normal map" per .package file - the normal map adds extra 3D texture in game; so, even though the details aren't coloured, you can still see outlines, like it has been made a part of the porcelain. Very beautiful!!!

Originally I had just done the top four colours, then realised I also HAD to do a blue porcelain as well.

The basin slots onto any surface, so you can place it on a counter; a table; a dresser etc. HOWEVER, annoyingly, the animation location can't be changed - so in some instances the sim's hand will go through the bowl itself (If anyone knows if I can actually change this, please reach out!!!).

Just like my Functional Victorian Washstand, to make all this work, you need:

The file included in this post XML Injector Sponge Bath Mod

And, of course, if you want to shave your face, you can now use my Automatic Beards mod - fully base game compatible.

Functional Victorian Wash Basin available free from my Patreon~

YUSSSSS baby~~~Have fun!

~~ Terms Of Use ~~

Update 02/02/2026: Added uv_1 and no longer shows transparent when MXAO is enabled within ReShade. Removed live-drag - it was too annoying for me; if you want to keep live-drag, and don't use MXAO, feel free to keep using the old file.

[pituliya]

Parsimonious Back-Up Part 1 - Buy and Build Mode

As I mentioned some time ago I started to make a backup of the CC found on the Parsimonious web site. The site itself hadn't had a content update since 2017, and the owners stopped changing the copyright date in 2023. Kate and co. made a lot of beloved CC so I decided to make sure everything is backed up in case of its disappearance. I started with Sims 2 but I will try back-up the rest too.

Since downloading, screenshotting (can't get all the infors otherwise) and sorting the Clothes part takes more time than I thought, I decided to upload the already finished parts.

The Zip-Files in the linked folder contains all Buy and Build Mode content available with its preview pictures. These are the original files from Parsimonious. I changed nothing internal, but I compressed everything for size-reasons.

Buy mode and non Homecrafter build mode CC: I included the Basegame versions in a separate folder inside the set folder. I also made a PDF-file that shows which set is where.

Walls, Floors and Ground paint: Only sorted it after its general type, as I got confused trying to sort them into themes. I changed a bunch of file-names to the match their zip-file name to make the preview and package names match for easier searching. One of the creators had the bad habit of not changing the Homecrafter names.

Little warning: One of the creators used a word in some package-names that was acceptable in the mid 2000s but is nowadays more widely recognized as the ethnic slur it is.

Simsfileshare-Folder

Disclaimer: I didn't make this CC. I just backed this up to keep it available for everyone. I will take it down if the creators ask me too.

Also tagging @sims2packrat.

[creesims]

FT Skyline Wall Texture on BB's Niche & Parsimonious' Wandering Roof

These look a lot better when mixed with other textures but this was the only Freetime wall I wanted to put on these meshes so I ended up with a bland pink preview. The top of the roof is a separate subset from the front/back part so you can mix up the colors. Meshes are included, it’s my repo’d set that’s found in the Build->Architecture section, If you’d rather have them in General->Misc you can get them here. The Niche recolor is repo'd to the Freetime texture so it's a tiny file size, I can't repo the roof because I had to edit the texture to fit the mesh

Download - Alternate

Edit 10-27-25: I noticed these were overly bright in certain lighting. Files have been fixed and download links have been updated

[darkccfinds]

⸸ Boots and Shoes by Kate at Parsimonious ⸸

Ⓜ️Mirror Link

📎 The Ten Items are Included in the Archive ✔️

parsimonious.org

[spawnshop]

More Parsimonious based clothing! I ended up modifying the original textures by Happy Moon Belly and Kate pretty heavily, so I encourage you to check out the originals if you're looking for something more vibrant and fun! :D Enabled for female ya-adult, everyday and swimwear. EP1 required.

Original clothing at Parsimonious (pages 44, 45, 48)

[ DOWNLOAD ] updated 3.11.2024

[licaonia]

♠️_La luce più preziosa è quella che ti visita nel tuo momento più buio.🖤🌹

©️Licaonia Lupe

[rudhira]

I went back to update this dress recently, and thought I’d scour Parsimonious for any recolours of it. I found these six, by Happy Moon Belly, Kate and Salix Tree, and matched them up with shoe recolours by @janika31 from here and @keoni-chan from here. Nothing too special, dresses are set as everyday only, teens are texture referenced to adults.

Download!

[alderlock]

Hydrosphere Hot Tub Recolor

I love a canopy on a hot tub, saving me trouble from exposure to the sun and possibly getting struck by lightning. BUT NOOO! The Sims 2 never fails to crack me up with their jokes and my Sims are still getting sunburned and electrocuted hahaha....

So... since this mesh has limited recolor (to my knowledge) I figured it would be fun to give it lively colors :)

Mesh is not included, So please visit this website to get it, hopefully you guys like it :)

Download

Credits to:

Parsimonious, Freepik